Today’s movie is a sports biography with a scene that
happens on September 22. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
DEMPSEY
Jack Dempsey starts out fighting
in bars for half the take. He wins his first professional fight. After a later bout, he and his manager are
held up at gunpoint and robbed of the purse. He sees the thieves later and
beats them up to recover the cash. Jack meets Maxine Cates, but goes to New
York to box. After a bout with Jack Johnson is a draw, he breaks with his
manager and goes back to Salt Lake City and marries Maxine. After money
disputes with her Maxine leaves and Dempsey goes to San Francisco. Kerns becomes his manager. He wins fights
goes to New York and divorces Maxine. He beats jess Willard by a TKO and
becomes heavyweight champ. He goes to Hollywood to make films and gets sued for
non-support by Maxine. He fights Firpo and is knocked out of the ring, but
still wins. He is sick (perhaps poisoned), but still fight Tunney and loses in
a TKO. On September 22, 1927 he fights Tunney again. Dempsey knocks Tunney down,
but the count doesn’t start until Dempsey goes to a neutral corner. This gives
Tunney time to recover and get up when the count reaches 9. In this famous
“long count” fight Tunney wins by decision.
A gritty biopc of an American icon. This story is no paen,
but tells the real story. Dempsey was
a tough guy who made it on his own terms.
Jack Dempsey: The Manassa Mauler by Randy Roberts
(LSU Press, Baton Rouge, 1979) at pages 254-262 give the date of the bout
Producer - Jay Benson
Director - Gus Trikonis
Screenplay - Edward Di Lorenzo
Awards - The film was nominated for the Outstanding
Achievement in Hairstyling and Outstanding Individual Achievement – Costumers
Emmy awards.
Runtime - 1 hour 52 minutes
Released - Sept. 28, 1983
Starring -
Treat Williams as Jack Dempsey
Sam Waterston as Doc Kearns
Sally Kellerman as Maxine Cates
Victoria Tennant as Estelle Taylor
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.
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